Question:
Sometimes the short game can get monotonous to practice. I know because I’ve been working on mine during my lunch hours to try to lower my handicap. Here’s a fun game I’ve been playing… I call it "Short Game Golf". 9 hole "par" is 36 and 18 hole "par" is 72. I recommend playing 9 holes at a time because the green can get pretty crowded. You can even play it 1, 3, or 6 "holes" at a time, depending on what you like. Here’s how I play 9 "holes" at a time: 1. Take 9 balls and standing on the practice green toss them all around out off the green onto various lies and distances, sand bunkers, rough, etc… 2. Take the appropriate club and try to chip, pitch, blast, etc… each ball as close to the hole as possible. 3. Once all of the balls are on the green, then pull out the putter and try to sink all of the balls starting with the closest one first. 4. Once you get through add up all of the strokes you used and double the number. That’s your score. I figure once I can shoot par (36) playing "Short Game Golf", my short game will be pretty darn good, and my handicap will have dropped a few strokes as well. It really adds to the pressure knowing that every missed putt counts as 2 strokes and every "chip in" saves you 2 strokes. An interesting note is that the scores I’ve been shooting on 9 hole "Short Game Golf" are only slightly higher than scores I’ve been shooting on an actual 9 holes of golf. Anyway… I hope this helps someone else’s short game too. — Regards, Irish Golf Lad "Now, go pump some iron you dingle berry brained chuckling chump, and if I’ve said anything to offend you, I meant it." [Ryan]
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hey laddie — thanks for sharing the idea. I may borrow this one from time to time. cheers, Mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Sometimes the short game can get monotonous to practice. I know because I’ve been working on mine during my lunch hours to try to lower my handicap. Here’s a fun game I’ve been playing… I call it "Short Game Golf". 9 hole "par" is 36 and 18 hole "par" is 72. I recommend playing 9 holes at a time because the green can get pretty crowded. You can even play it 1, 3, or 6 "holes" at a time, depending on what you like. Here’s how I play 9 "holes" at a time: 1. Take 9 balls and standing on the practice green toss them all around out off the green onto various lies and distances, sand bunkers, rough, etc… 2. Take the appropriate club and try to chip, pitch, blast, etc… each ball as close to the hole as possible. 3. Once all of the balls are on the green, then pull out the putter and try to sink all of the balls starting with the closest one first. 4. Once you get through add up all of the strokes you used and double the number. That’s your score. I figure once I can shoot par (36) playing "Short Game Golf", my short game will be pretty darn good, and my handicap will have dropped a few strokes as well. It really adds to the pressure knowing that every missed putt counts as 2 strokes and every "chip in" saves you 2 strokes. An interesting note is that the scores I’ve been shooting on 9 hole "Short Game Golf" are only slightly higher than scores I’ve been shooting on an actual 9 holes of golf. Anyway… I hope this helps someone else’s short game too.
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I like it….I’ll try it.
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I shot an 86 yesterday in only 30 minutes on my lunch hour. 20 strokes on the "front nine" and 23 strokes on the "back nine". It’s fun. Heck… maybe we can all start something. Maybe I’ll be featured in Golf Digest as the inventor of "Short Game Golf". Maybe Tiger Woods will invite me to go fishing in Canada with him and Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley. Maybe I’ll be on The Tonight Show with Jay leno. Maybe I’ll host Saturday Night Live or be one of the guest voices on South Park. The possibilities are endless.
hey laddie — thanks for sharing the idea. I may borrow this one from time to time. cheers, Mike
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Sometimes the short game can get monotonous to practice. I know because I’ve been working on mine during my lunch hours to try to lower my handicap. Here’s a fun game I’ve been playing… I call it "Short Game Golf". 9 hole "par" is 36 and 18 hole "par" is 72. I recommend playing 9 holes at a time because the green can get pretty crowded. You can even play it 1, 3, or 6 "holes" at a time, depending on what you like. Here’s how I play 9 "holes" at a time: 1. Take 9 balls and standing on the practice green toss them all around out off the green onto various lies and distances, sand bunkers, rough, etc… 2. Take the appropriate club and try to chip, pitch, blast, etc… each ball as close to the hole as possible. 3. Once all of the balls are on the green, then pull out the putter and try to sink all of the balls starting with the closest one first. 4. Once you get through add up all of the strokes you used and double the number. That’s your score. I figure once I can shoot par (36) playing "Short Game Golf", my short game will be pretty darn good, and my handicap will have dropped a few strokes as well. It really adds to the pressure knowing that every missed putt counts as 2 strokes and every "chip in" saves you 2 strokes. An interesting note is that the scores I’ve been shooting on 9 hole "Short Game Golf" are only slightly higher than scores I’ve been shooting on an actual 9 holes of golf. Anyway… I hope this helps someone else’s short game too.
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I shot an 86 yesterday in only 30 minutes on my lunch hour. 20 strokes on the "front nine" and 23 strokes on the "back nine". It’s fun. Heck… maybe we can all start something. Maybe I’ll be featured in Golf Digest as the inventor of "Short Game Golf". Maybe Tiger Woods will invite me to go fishing in Canada with him and Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley. Maybe I’ll be on The Tonight Show with Jay leno. Maybe I’ll host Saturday Night Live or be one of the guest voices on South Park. The possibilities are endless.
Yes, yes, there, there…sure they are. Now take your medications like a good lad and trundle off to bed. Nitey nite! <Query to ward attendant: Who the hell unlocked his door?